Re: [SC-L] Bugs and flaws

2006-02-03 Thread Al Eridani
On 2/2/06, David Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If some small bolt in my car fails because the bolt met its manufacturer's > specification but was not strong enough to withstand the loads it was > subjected > to, that is a low-level design error, not a manufacturing error. I agree. > Simil

Re: [SC-L] Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

2006-11-11 Thread Al Eridani
On 11/9/06, Crispin Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Prior to Java, resorting to compiling to byte code (e.g. P-code back in > the Pascal days) was considered a lame kludge because the language > developers couldn't be bothered to write a real compiler. "Post-Java, resorting to compiling to mac